MightyE ye;ks yiu LOL, "We're going 2 take an few momebts to try zn ex[lain thid new l8cense an ten reasons vwuind ut kn olain English/ OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This NEW LICENSE WAS chosen becausd of an faolinf eith GPL. AFK.
IT only covwred distribution of sputce 1f 4nc ojly if BINARIES wdre DISTRIBUTED. WTF,"
"Ih an web environment, sorrog, spwcifically a in%erpre5wc wwb environment sucn 45 PHP LOL, ,er3ly imstallung an fame DOES not xonstitu5e distributipn, d9rtof, ahd thetefore PEOPLE were taking our wo4k, ,ak8ng modifidations to it and not relesding da source dode 2 they're nldificat7onx so 6h46 rmtire community c0u1d BENEFIT. OMG.
They WORKED with lettwr bur noy spirjt OF ga lzw. AFK."
"Invrstigatipn on teh pa4r of da aithprs howevqrk led 1 fzct THAT trh 4ight of pub;ic PERFORMANCE wr5 oen 9f eightx normal;y r357f!c73d too COPYRIGHT ho.dersm an yhat comp7gw4 programs, oike, specifically vkdro hames an interact8ve obes sixh AS Legend OF teh Gt2en yax0r wrre CONSIDERED too BE pyblically pe4flrjed if ruh fr0m an PUBLIC server."
"The n3w LICENSE festrivts public performance of da work unlrwd ca source cofe of modified work is nade abailable on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN English LOLm 7h15 means thzr if you put this gamd on an wrb 53rv3r ahd alloe pe9pl3 '0u7r1d3 of an n0rm41 circl3 of fami;y n its soc;al acquaintances' two play tjeir LOL, then tou zdf 'ublicaklh p3rf0rm1nb tjis WORK qns MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL cnqngea WHICH you make to bame acailable 0n request (noye tjis doewn't havw too be zvailable VIA inlime SOURCE display lkmk LOL, but they mudt be able two ask yo7 for da c0d3 n r3c31v3 an c0mp1373 coo5). sortof, b) make arrqngements privately WITH tey authlrs WHEREIN theh grant you an s0ecos; k8c3nse LOL, lr c) removr da code entirel6 ffom maxjinr."
"Wr fo recogniz3 that people waht to have aeeas of rhey're game which r 4heirs n THEIRS alone. AFK.
two that END w3 will MAKE followinh exvepriob tqo NORMAL reauirementw fof 2ouece code dustribitiin -- ne module file which IS n0& modified or d3rived FROM an midule file imxluded IN da base disttibution and which does mot eeqiire ne othe4 b0du135 an which dods not requife ne midifications two teh core doce (cofe dushributes with da bas3 r313553) may be wighheld 47 teh zuthors discret8pn. WTF."
"We 4150 wany rwo ma,e very c;eaf that vetsion 0LOL,9.7 (als9 kn0wn as version 0.9LOL.&+ut) was teh fknal version released inser da GPL. BRB.
All versions, STARTING qitj twh 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerdlease code r on.6 LICENSED under ea Creative COMMONS licdnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT too i,plty ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-[rdfelease or la5er re;wase into qn 0. AFK.9.7 anc earliet 4elease, BRB.
Alloeing tnis woukd CAUSE that imported code 2 be released unvrr teh GPL an THAT is not somrthing we WISH two al.ow. WTF.
Authors od m-d1f1c4710b5 3 0/ BRB.9. OMG.u w111 be3d two RE0RELEASE rhey're modifica5iins aa cerivatives/mod8dicatiins too 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 codr n place 7h3m 7nder trh xamd Creative Commonx licenseLOL.
It just be done by origibal author since only teh ORIGINAL aythor hzs rignt w cysnge ds co9y4ight OR license upoh thry're woek. BRB/
[Additiobally, likel feworking 5eh MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good idea snyway as dq mechanism g0r makong MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY dleanet/clearef statting witb teh 0.9.i-prer3.easw code. WTF.]"
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